Mobilise. Disrupt. Lead.

Don't be an Incumbent...be an Insurgent

We exist at the intersection of strategy, innovation and leadership to help organisations to discover ways to transform disruption into a source of permanent competitive advantage.

What We Do

We are a next generation innovation and strategy consultancy.

STRATEGY DESIGN AND EXECUTION

STRATEGY DESIGN
AND EXECUTION

In an increasingly unstable world a new approach to strategy is required. We bring fresh thinking and proprietary methods that will help your organisation create an unfair advantage. Our innovative hyper-mobilisation approach to strategy execution will help you get there first.

INNOVATION

INNOVATION

In today’s environment, Innovation is critical to success. Insurgents apply innovation to reshape industry boundaries whilst incumbents stand helpless on the sidelines. Insurgence can help you harness your innovation efforts to build and sustain new sources of competitive advantage.

LEADERSHIP

LEADERSHIP

The era of command and control hierarchical leadership is coming to an end giving way to a new generation of horizontal leadership approaches designed for the agile and nimble age we live in. Is your leadership team ready for this change?

EXPERT FACILITATION

EXPERT
FACILITATION

Insurgence facilitation is different. We will help you and your team rethink the boundaries, rules and assumptions that define your position in the marketplace. We will challenge you to be better. Better leaders, better competitors, better participants in the world we live in.

How We Work

CLIENT ENABLEMENT

CLIENT ENABLEMENT

Our consulting philosophy is different. We believe that in order to help our clients to achieve their goals, we have to find your best and brightest people and enable them with the skills and mindset to think and work differently.

CO CREATION

CO-CREATION

We will help you think differently about your network of customers suppliers and other stakeholders using co-creation to accelerate insight, buy-in and results.

DIVERGENT THINKING

DIVERGENT THINKING

Our creative design process requires viewing problems in fundamentally different ways to find solutions that help our clients to leave behind embedded assumptions holding them back from achieving the impossible.

INTELLIGENT SIMPLICITY

INTELLIGENT SIMPLICITY

The best solutions always seem simple and elegant. Achieving this simplicity requires bringing together thoughtful design with deep insights.

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Insurgence: How Established Incumbents Can Operate Like Nimble Insurgents in Fast Changing and Volatile Markets

Kindle and Hardcover 1st Edition

This book enables business leaders to characterise the difference between incumbents and insurgents, develop new ways of thinking about how to compete in this age of accelerating change, and provide a new framework for strategy and innovation that helps leaders to discover the essence of insurgence for their businesses. It uses rich case studies that illustrate both successful and unsuccessful efforts to help leaders move from theory to action at speed and at scale.

Client Voices

“Matthew’s approach and attention to detail was the key ingredients to a very successful go to market review for Capsifi. The professionalism and research that went into our company, encompassing the environment that Capsifi competes, gave the executive team a renewed sense of destination and achievement. Very productive body of work that will be leveraged and enhanced over time.”

Ian McAdam, CEO, Capsifi

Our Insights

Leading During Disruptive times

Leaders must view disruption as a learning opportunity for themselves and their teams. As you reflect on the pandemic and the prospect of future disruptive forces, seek to better understand what you should do to help your organization develop and sustain its capacity for transformational change.

Rondo Moses
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The Secret Weapon to Reimagine Your Business for a Post-Pandemic World

Instead of seeing the crisis as an opportunity to reimagine and transform their business, many incumbents are looking forward to reverting to pre-covid-19 conditions. If this sounds like you, read on to learn what you can do to repivot and reimagine your organization.

Rondo Moses
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6 Tips to Getting the Most Out of Your Offsites

As annual planning season reaches its peak, most organisations are gearing up to run their annual strategic planning workshops. This article provides several tips to help you get the most out of your planning offsites.

Matt Tice
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Making Lemonade from Lemons

Eight months into the global Covid-19 pandemic, the level of disruption in the business landscape has presented challenges for companies large and small. During the early days of the pandemic, companies focused on what they must do to survive. After several months spent ensuring the safety and well-being of employees and managing cashflow, including reducing expenses, many pivoted, turning their attention to delivering value to customers and growing their customer base. For example, restaurants that primarily operated as an in-person dining business made the wise transition to scaled-down menus and launched or expanded their takeout or delivery services. Some restaurants chose to partner with new takeout and delivery businesses, providing the ghost kitchen that supplied the food while they focused on promotion/marketing, customer acquisition, and order fulfillment.

Rondo Moses
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